DOUBLE CROSSWORD

CRYPTIC CLUES:

Across

1. Not wildly exciting! (4)

3. Not a generous period for an interval (8)

9. Steals away while the child sleeps? (7)

10. It’s odd the band should start with dance music (5)

11. Official crossing place (7,5)

13. The noise of a bat (6)

15. A service the abstainer takes comfort in! (3,3) 17. An actor may take it when at a loss for words (6,6) 20. Follow the trail (5)

21. They’ve lost their parents (7)

22. Nevertheless, is not to be satisfied with just part (5,3) 23. He and the politician didn’t lack fibre (4)

Down

1. Join in, but don’t seize the lot (4,4)

2. A sitter, for example (5) 4. Flag officer? (6)

5. Only just obtained freedom? (6,6)

6. How games of chess end for the residents (7)

7. He sold his birthright in the sausage factory! (4)

8. Crafty Prime Minister (7,5) 12. Terminates the sitting, presumably (6,2)

14. Fruit ran short outside (7) 16. Walk to provide a good man with bread (6)

18. I’m a long time making a picture (5)

19. Before climbing a volcano (4)

QUICK CLUES: Across

1. Absent (4)

3. Slope (8)

9. Course (7) 10. Well-known (5) 11. Wonder (12) 13. Comfort (6)

15. Mint (6) 17. Unwelcoming (12) 20. 50-50 (5) 21. Monkshood (7) 22. Remote (8) 23. Rhythm (4)

Down

1. Value (8) 2. Encircling (5) 4. Oppose (6)

5. Sect (12) 6. Stretches (7)

7. Ebb and flow (4) 8. Wickedly (12) 12. Partisan (8) 14. Clement (7) 16. Wrench (6)

18. Wife (5)

19. Main character (4)